Nice shot of my first restored cabinet in the background, and the current project in the foreground. I finally brought it back into the house after the bondo work and orbital sanding with 220 grit paper.

Next step is to order and apply the side art.

Guess what - all the retail supply of reproduction Tempest side art is gone! I found that out when trying to buy some. As of February of 2005 there is no plan for another run either. I was lucky enough to find someone who had a set that he wasn't using, as was willing to sell it to me for the same cost as the retail stores

UPDATE: As of November 2005 the side art is now available again.

The only thing worrying me is that it has been rolled up for so long that it has some pretty good creases. I've got my fingers crossed that it will go on straight and wrinkle free.

Well, here is the art applied to the cabinet.

The creases in the artwork made it a total pain to apply. A special thanks to my wife for helping me out - this is definately not a one person job!

New side art now applied to both sides. Ignore the control panel with extra holes in front of the cabinet, I was using the Tempest cab for a MAME machine until I could buy the parts needed to restore it.

Congratulations, you're the proud father of twins! The restored Tempest is on the right, and the current project is on the left.

After this part of the project, everything else should be easy.

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